What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame.

We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us.

The radio of my youth ... is now a quaint memory replaced by computer hard drives.

When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.

This is Sesame Street. A place where people, birds, monsters all live in perfect harmony.

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.